Pocketbook on integrating HIV/AIDS considerations into food security and livelihoods projects
This pocketbook provides a checklist of questions to provide guidance for incorporating HIV/AIDS considerations into food security and livelihoods projects.
HIV/AIDS and the food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper was prepared by the Gender and Population Division of the Sustainable Development Department, FAO for presentation at the 23rd Regional Conference for Africa held in Johannesburg in March 2004.
This site is a one-stop online resource centre providing statistics, publications, links and in-depth information on how FAO assists rural communities in coping with the disease.
Mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and rural poverty: Results of a multistakeholder meeting and outcomes of subsequent strategy development
This report covers proceedings of an inter-agency workshop, which focussed on developing an effective agriculture sector strategy to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
New publication: Sustainable agricultural/rural development and vulnerability to the AIDS epidemic
SD-Dimensions is pleased to announce a new, joint publication by FAO and UNAIDS entitled "Sustainable agricultural/rural development and vulnerability to the AIDS epidemic". The study describes how the HIV epidemic is undermining the hard-earned gains of development efforts of the last 40 years.
Measuring the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods and food security
Using the sustainable livelihoods framework, "Measuring the Impacts of HIV/AIDS on Rural Livelihoods and Food Security" proposes a set of indicators to measure the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural households and food security.
World AIDS Day Symposium - HIV/AIDS as an Emergency (2002)
This year's "World AIDS Day Symposium - HIV/AIDS as an Emergency" held at FAO focused upon the relationship between the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its role in emergency situations.
Agrobiodiversity, food security and HIV/AIDS mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategic issues for agricultural policy and programme responses
Food insecurity and the impact of HIV/AIDS are priority concerns for rural development throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper explores strategic components for the agricultural sector's response to them.
AIDS and agriculture in Africa: can agricultural policy make a difference?
FAO focuses on the impact of the AIDS pandemic on agricultural production and household food security. This article presents a framework for analysing the problems and highlights important effects on farm households and larger production units. HIV/AIDS depletes human resources and capital, leading to a reduction in land area cultivated, changes in cropping patterns and declines in yields. The los... more
HIV/AIDS in Namibia: The impact on the livestock sector
The effects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for the livestock sector and the interlinkages underlying these effects remain poorly understood. Results of the Namibian study reported in this note confirm the findings of several previous FAO projects and provide additional information on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the livestock sector. They bring to light mechanisms through which the pandemic affects livesto... more
